Missing
Dixie Barker
Barker, approximately 1983
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/08/1983
Missing location (approx) :
Ashland, Kentucky
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/31/1926 (94)
Age at the time of disappearance: 56 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 105 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue shirt, a jacket, blue jeans and loafers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Barker has an appendectomy scar on her abdomen. She has a scar on one of her legs, close to the hip.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Barker was last seen at her residence in Ashland, Kentucky on February 8, 1983. She lived in a trailer in the 3400 block of south 29th Street at the time; she shared the residence with her son. Barker has never been heard from again. No eyewitnesses saw her leave the trailer park, which had approximately 60 homes. Nothing was Missing location (approx) : the trailer to suggest Barker left of her own accord; her clothing, purse, and other belongings were all undisturbed inside.
Investigators have several suspects in Barker's disappearance, but they've never had enough evidence to arrest anyone. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Ashland Police Department
606-327-2072
September 2021 updates and sources
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